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Where the Iranian casualty numbers come from (www.aljazeera.com)

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"Critics of the Iranian government, primarily in the West, claim that thousands of people have died in the protests. In particular, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) put the death toll at 2,615 on Wednesday.

However, the Iranian government said these numbers have been exaggerated, and Iranian state TV reports put the figure at about 300."

Fuck the Islamic republic, and any other theocracy for that matter.. But Jesus Christ, reddit just loves parroting whatever huge number comes up. I think they're at around 100K victims 😑

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

Tbf, both a US-affiliated source and an Iranian government source would have incentives to lie about this, in opposite directions. I wouldn't say figures from either are to be trusted in this situation.